Pupils from the ASN Department at Calderside Academy recently had an excellent opportunity to visit a local factory to discover what goes on and how the factory works. The S6 pupils are taking part in a course called “Moving On”, which is designed to prepare the pupils for leaving school and entering the workplace. Sarah […]
There’s still time to apply for Teacher of Physical Education vacancy at Calderside Academy, Blantyre. Closing date is Monday 9 January. For more info and how to apply, please see South Lanarkshire Council vacancies here https://orlo.uk/for6S
Calderside Academy News! The Blantyre / Hamilton Active Schools Team (in partnership with Blantyre Soccer Academy and Terminal 1) ran a ‘Go Fitba Multi Sports holiday camp at the High School throughout 3 days of the October School Week holidays. It was open and promoted to P1-S1 pupils from Blantyre to attend. It was free […]
Pupils from Calderside Academy took part in South Lanarkshire Councils First Conference of Schools about Climate Change and Sustainability. The event took place at the Palace Grounds in Hamilton where primary school pupils were taken through lots of activities relating to Sustainability and Climate Change. Calderside Academy, along with the help from Bikeability and Sports […]
It has been another very successful year for Calderside Academy pupils in their recent SQA Examinations. At all levels their young people performed very well. S6 in particular have shown good improvement. In S4, 35 pupils achieved passes in 7 National 5 subjects, eleven of whom achieved 7 A passes at this level. The performance […]
The end of a school term often sees a few teachers change roles, move on to other schools or retire. It’s been a difficult year particularly for Blantyre’s Calderside Academy to see a few respected teachers leave the school in 2022. A sincere, fond farewell goes to Mrs Cunningham, the Classics and Latin teacher and […]
The young people of Blantyre’s Calderside Academy are resting after an arduous adventure last week, climbing Tinto Hill. The pupils were undertaking the climb to raise money for charity. On Wednesday, 25th May, 180 intrepid pupils and 20 staff made the climb up Tinto Hill I order to raise money for the fantastic St Andrew’s […]
Pupils from Calderside Academy recently took part in a prestigious public speaking competition. On Thursday, 19th May 2022, the school had been asked to send S3 pupils to the Lord Lieutenant’s Public Speaking competition, which took place in Motherwell Concert Hall. Lady Haughey invited schools from across Lanarkshire to take part. There were pupils representing […]